On 27 August Khaluf returned to Barr Al Hikman. She flew straight from the Caspian Sea to exactly the area were we caught her already two years ago. Khaluf was the last of the tracked birds that returned to Oman, the other four birds were already…

Today, Khaluf and Shannah have left Barr Al Hikman in a northwards direction. They are on the wings again, heading to their breeding areas! Both birds continously stayed in Barr Al Hikman for about 260 days.
Now it will be very interesting…

Shorebirds including Bar-tailed godwits only forage when the mudflats are exposed with low tide. The tidal rhythm is caused by the combined gravitational forces of the moon and the sun and by the rotation of the earth, a simple fact. However,…

Thanks to the transmitter data we now know that bar-tailed godwits spend a long winter at just a few square km. Not just a few square km somewhere in Oman; they returned to exactly the same area as where they were seen last year prior to their…

Khaluf returned to Barr Al Hikman on 28th July to the area where she was caught in November 2015 and where she spends most of her time. It might feel as a home for her, so welcome home Khaluf!
Khaluf was away from Barr Al Hikman for 105…

All migrating birds arrived in the breeding area about four weeks ago, where they moved around very little. However, last week we have seen some movements again: Hilf went up north to Bely Island, and Khaluf started to migrate south again today.…

Yesterday, Nuqdah left the Caspian Sea and arrived in Siberia. This means that all birds now have left their stopover place in the Caspian Sea or Aral Sea (except Masirah who still enjoys the Omani sun). So time to recapitulate a bit and look…

After a stopover of almost four weeks in Caspian Sea, transmitter bird Hilf decided yesterday evening (18 May) was time to leave and head further north into Siberia, Russia. It seems she picked a good day for migrating north as there were pretty…

By Andy Kwarteng
While we are waiting for the birds to migrate (further) a bit more information on the system we are using.
The Argos satellite system (www.argos-system.org) which is operated by Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) has…